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Claire Williams says Rob Smedley could take a step away from the race-to-race operation of the team and move into a factory role for 2017.Smedley is currently Williams head of vehicle performance and oversees the Williams cars at every race. Towards the end of the season there were rumours Smedleys role may change in 2017 as the team looks to recover from this year, which saw it lose out to Force India in the battle for fourth position.When asked about the rumours in Abu Dhabi, deputy team principal Williams said: Those are conversations we may or may not be having. Whether hes at the track or at Grove he will still make an important contribution.With all our personnel you have to decide where their technical abilities are best-placed, and thats not from a negative perspective -- someone like Rob wants to progress and do more and sometimes thats not at the track, its possibly back at the factory in a bigger role. So we will wait and see.Smedley joined Williams from Ferrari in 2014 with Felipe Massa, who retired from F1 in Abu Dhabi after his 250th race start. Smedleys arrival was part of a technical overhaul which helped the team to a resurgence in 2014 and 2015, finishing third in both seasons.Williams says Smedley is a vital part of the team and possess the attributes she desires for her familys team.Rob has done a fantastic job for us ever since he joined us. I dont envisage any changes, hes a very important part of this team. Not only is he really strong technically, hes very capable, but hes also a very passionate person and thats one of the things I love about him and one of the things this team needs.This team needs people that know and understand that winning takes sacrifices and putting every single bit of blood, sweat and tears in to win. People like Rob has that, thats the DNA that runs through people like Rob Smedley and I dont want to lose him from the team. Dean Chance Jersey . 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The Sparks take a 2-1 lead over the Minnesota Lynx into Game 4 of the WNBA Finals.A victory gives Los Angeles its third title in franchise history. A loss sends the best-of-five series back to Minnesota and allows the Lynx another chance at winning win their record-tying fourth championship.We cant expect them to lay down and just give it to us, Parker said Saturday after practice. Tomorrow is special, but so is this playoff run.The leagues 20th anniversary season is concluding with a matchup featuring two teams with a combined winning percentage of .794, highest in WNBA Finals history.The Lynx, winners of three of the last five WNBA titles, have been down before in this series.The Sparks won Game 1 on the road by two points.Minnesota responded with a 19-point win in Game 2 before the series shifted to the West Coast.Behind Parker and current league MVP Nneka Ogwumike, the Sparks raced to an early 22-point lead and took Game 3, 92-75.The things that we can control are our focus, our intensity and our will to winn, said Alana Beard, whose last-second jumper clinched Game 1.ddddddddddddThe Lynx cut the Sparks lead to eight points but never led in Fridays loss.You cant win a WNBA Finals back on our heels like that. We never want to do that again, Lynx veteran Maya Moore said. We dont want to take that long to respond. Its something that has been on the forefront of our minds. The start of Game 4 will be intense.Minnesotas Rebekkah Brunson, who scored 14 points Friday, could become the leagues first five-time champion. She won her first title with Sacramento in 2005.All of the small things weve done to get here, we just need to continue to do those, she said.The Sparks forced 13 turnovers that generated 24 points in Game 3.The 13 turnovers isnt a crazy amount of turnovers. Its a crazy amount of points off of them, Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said. It was where we turned it over, around the 3-point line where its hard to build your transition defense. We need to get a better understanding of what its going to take to be successful in the WNBA Finals.The Lynx has little time to figure it out.Parker has had nothing but time while waiting to make the first WNBA Finals appearance of her long career. The rest of her teammates, with the exception of little-used reserve Ann Wauters, have never been this far before either.Were going to bring the same energy, the same competitiveness, the same drive and will that we did in Game 3, Sparks guard Kristi Toliver said, and hopefully well have no regrets. ' ' '